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Looking for Root Cause in All the Wrong Places

Across the country on any given day, someone in management is uttering the phrase ‘where did it all go wrong?’ Conventional wisdom says you look at your people and then your process and you work backward to spot dependant variables and points of failure. I sit on the other side of the bench. As a […]

Can You Go Green?

Taking your business green has been the cause du jour lately, but it may be easier than we thought. As a company where do you begin? According to Heatsteam, the easiest place to start is your hot water system. I invite you to take my challenge, try the system and send me your feedback.   […]

Can Bob Dudley Fix BP?

Now that BP has chosen Bob Dudley to lead the company into a new future, can he inspire change?  The 2007 Baker Report has provided a very challenging view of corporate culture.  Against all odds, I think Bob Dudley can use this situation to foster a change within BP if he tackles a few of […]

Security Clearance: Is Efficiency Harming Effectiveness

National Security is a hot button topic, but is it making us any safer?  A lot work has been done to improve the time it takes for a clearance to be completed, but have those improvements cost us our safety?  The government agency that handles security clearance, the Office of Personnel Management, has been under […]